After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female ...

Hegseth removed at least three women, two Black men and four white men from the promotion list.

The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-diversity stance rather than ...

The most recent Navy promotion list continued a year-long trend of women in the service not moving up to flag officer ranks.

"Military promotions are given to those who have earned them," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote in an X post in response ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's involvement in promotions across the military has raised concerns that he is targeting officers for their race or gender, their association with diversity, equity and ...

A top American military officer held an unusual meeting with Cuban commanders at the edge of the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the Trump administration continues a virtual blockade of the ...